At the time of writing PewDiePie has a whopping 74,512,644, which considering he is a one-man band mainly doing gaming content, is pretty ridiculous.

But who is the man behind the YouTube channel and the daft name?

PewDiePie is wildly successful (Picture: Press Association Images)

Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg is better known by his YouTube name PewDiePie.

The 29-year-old was born in Gothenburg, Sweden on 24 October 1989, to company director parents but he has since moved to the UK with his girlfriend – fellow YouTuber Marzia Bisognin, known as CutiePieMarzia.

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PewDiePie is most famous for his Let’s Play style videos, and vlogs about his life, and he is currently one of the highest earning YouTubers.

His career online all started from an obsession with video games and a hatred for his university course.

The Swede can rock a pretty sweet beard (Picture: pewdiepie/Instagram)

As a boy, Kjellberg would skip school to go play video games, but did well in class and won a place on an industrial economics and technology management course at Chalmers University of Technology.

However, he eventually grew tired of the course and decided to leave. When he did so, he began to focus on his YouTube channel.

It was originally just something he enjoyed doing, which he didn’t realise he could earn money from, but eventually he became a popular content creator and things escalate from just a hobby.

His videos mostly featured him playing games and commenting on them while recording himself, as well as some where he gives his reactions to popular or trending topics.

His channel now has 60 million subscribers, and his videos have amassed a total of 17 billion views.